[GOLD][PATCH] Fix ARM backend's handling of protected symbol in a DSO
Cary Coutant
ccoutant@google.com
Wed Mar 14 22:14:00 GMT 2012
>> diff -u -u -p -r1.146 arm.cc
>> --- gold/arm.cc 3 Feb 2012 20:01:01 -0000 1.146
>> +++ gold/arm.cc 14 Mar 2012 08:44:14 -0000
>> @@ -8314,7 +8314,9 @@ Target_arm<big_endian>::Scan::global(Sym
>> Reloc_section* rel_dyn = target->rel_dyn_section(layout);
>> if (gsym->is_from_dynobj()
>> || gsym->is_undefined()
>> - || gsym->is_preemptible())
>> + || gsym->is_preemptible()
>> + || (gsym->visibility() == elfcpp::STV_PROTECTED
>> + && parameters->options().shared()))
>> got->add_global_with_rel(gsym, GOT_TYPE_STANDARD,
>> rel_dyn, elfcpp::R_ARM_GLOB_DAT);
>> else
>
>
> Usually tests for whether to generate a dynamic reloc should check
> parameters->options().output_is_position_independent() rather than
> parameters->options().shared(). The difference is that the former is
> also true for -pie.
This is checking to see if the symbol is a protected symbol in a
shared library, so the test for shared() is correct, I believe. If
it's protected in a PIE, using a RELATIVE relocation here should be
fine.
-cary
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